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Rotodactylopus archaeus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Rotodactylopus archaeus was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Aliwal North bridge tracksite, Rouxville, which is in a Triassic terrestrial sandstone in South Africa. It is the type species of Rotodactylopus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Rotodactylopus archaeus Ellenberger p. 343
1972Rotodactylopus archaeus Ellenberger p. 26
2021Rotodactylopus archaeus Klein and Lucas p. 101

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Bagualosauria
—Plateosauria()
—Anchisauria
—Prosauropoda()
genusRotodactylopus
speciesarchaeus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rotodactylopus archaeus Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Ellenberger 1972Le pied (droit) montre 4 doigts de longueur presquè égale et quasi­parallêles, munis de griffes dont au moins trois (IIl-IV-V ?) ont opéré une faible rotation circulaire à la marche (vers l'extérieur). - La main (droite) est peu marquée. Il semble qu'il y ait une tendance à la bipédie.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-15 11:05:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:20
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Norman and Weishampel 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Triassic or 246.70000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0South Africa (Free State) Rotodactylopus archaeus (type locality: 206547)